Fredericton police started a 90-day body camera project this past week. Six members of the police force, 3 Traffic Safety officers, and 3 of the Primary Response Team, will be equipped with these cameras. Deputy…

Recently, there have been two high profile sexual assault cases coming out of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. The case in Newfoundland involved an on-duty police officer who had sexual intercourse with an intoxicated…

Yesterday was International Woman’s Day, and while I wouldn’t identify myself as a feminist, I do consider myself a humanist in the sense that there should be equal rights for all individuals. As I was…

Several reports issued this week point to a rise in refugee claimants crossing into to New Brunswick. Refugees crossing into New Brunswick seeking asylum from the United States rose to 26 in 2016, more than…

Neighborly feuds are not uncommon, and arise from to time, but nothing about a recent property feud in New Brunswick is normal. In the small community of Indian Mountain outside Moncton, neighbors Lee and Shirley…

With the federal government’s plan to legalize marijuana, businesses have been devising various business models of how to sell the upcoming commodity. One of these businesses is NB Liquor/Alcool. The company’s CEO, Brian Harriman, says…

The New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench released a controversial jury decision in November of last year concerning a criminal negligence case. An 11-member jury announced Jean-Claude Savoie not guilty after his python asphyxiated two…

After a jury convicted Dennis Oland of second-degree murder, his presumption of innocence lifted. The presumption of innocence is a principle of fundamental justice, embodied in section 11(e) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and…

One of the highest profile criminal cases in New Brunswick in recent memory is the Dennis Oland trial. After Richard Oland’s gruesome murder in 2011, the Crown accused his son, Dennis Oland, as the primary…

Earlier this month the Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq First Nation filed a land claim for a large area of land to New Brunswick provincial court. The area is in the southeastern portion of the province, and consists…